February 23, 2025

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DOE Wants Gas Furnaces to be More Efficient
The Energy Department proposed much higher efficiency standards for home furnaces, the first significant federal update to furnace rules in 35 years.
New York Climate Law Key in Crypto, Buildings Bills Going to Governor
Bills headed to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul would put the state’s climate law into decision-making for crypto mining and building heating and cooling.
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Enviros Ask NYPSC to Fast-track Electric Truck Charging
A group of environmental organizations petitioned the NYPSC to speed up the statewide buildout of charging infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty EVs.
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EBA Panel Hits FERC Pipeline Permitting
The gas industry said FERC's permitting policies could chill development while an environmentalist called the agency's decisions “lazy” during an EBA panel.
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New Mexico Adopts California Advanced Clean Cars Rules
New Mexico has become the latest state to adopt California’s Advanced Clean Cars regulation.
EESI
Green Hydrogen Too Expensive to Replace Blue — for Now
The Biden administration is aiming to convert gray hydrogen into “blue” hydrogen by investing billions of dollars to fund new carbon capture technologies.
Columbia Gas
Court Again Rebukes FERC for Failure to Review Downstream Emissions
The D.C. Circuit Court ruled that FERC had failed to account for the downstream the greenhouse gas emissions of a compressor station in Agawam, Mass.
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EPA Restores California Tailpipe Standards
EPA reinstated the authority of California and 16 other states to enact more stringent vehicle emissions standards than the federal government.
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NJ Enviros: Heat Pumps Can Cut Building Emissions, Costs
New Jersey could dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions from buildings – the state’s second largest source of emissions – by replacing fossil-fueled boilers with heat pumps and other electric appliances and beefing up incentives for the equipment, according to a recent report from the New Jersey Conservation Foundation. Heat pumps can replace furnaces or boilers, …
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ISO-NE’s Plan to Delay MOPR Removal Wins out at NEPOOL
The NEPOOL Markets Committee signed off on a plan to delay the elimination of ISO-NE’s MOPR, which the RTO abruptly threw its support behind.

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